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Meet the Parents (2000)
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Reviews Counted:138
Fresh:116
Rotten:22
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: This upbeat comedy is hilarious and, at the same time, believable and something people can relate to.
Theatrical Release:Oct 6, 2000 Wide
Box Office: $164,454,835
Synopsis: Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is head over heels in love with his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo), and is ready to pop the big question. When his attempt to propose is thwarted by a phone call with the news... [More]
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner
Director: Jay Roach
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Reviews for Meet the Parents
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Nobody plays put-upon quite like Ben Stiller. Full Review |
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Alas, poor Focker. He can't help himself. And we can't help ourselves from falling about, equally helpless, at this superbly antic movie. Full Review |
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Packed with cringe-worthy moments from beginning to end, Jay Roach's comedy is for anyone who has ever endured a weekend in the company of potential in-laws. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Owes about 55 percent of its charm to De Niro, who can be hilarious just sitting there. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Director Jay Roach of the Austin Powers films keeps the pace brisk, and the script by Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg ably piles the pratfalls ludicrously high. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Stiller portrays a human accident better than anyone and he definitely knows how to extort laughs and sympathy from his audience Full Review |
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Contains enough belly-laughs and sly jokes to become one of the bigger crowd-pleasers of the fall. Full Review |
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Astutely observed, subtly played and consistently hilarious... Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
What saves the movie from remaining an exercise in self-parody for all involved is director Roach's feel for the material. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Never before have two such skilled actors been so monstrously squandered in a movie so replete with failed gags and pathetic gaffes. Full Review |
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B |
An entertaining little outing, but not something that will stay with me. Full Review |
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The best American comedy of 2000. It has wit, slapstick and romance -- as well as an improbable comedy team in Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller Full Review |
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2/4 |
Does the usual Hollywood bit of setting up the gags way in advance so that even a coma patient can spot them. Full Review |
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As far as one-joke movies go, this one has its guffaws. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Guaranteed to put you off suggested Sunday outings for life. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
This film is almost too real to be funny. It is one uncomfortable moment after another — and that is what Stiller does best, but director Roach would have done well to tone it down a bit. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Meet the Parents
February 20, 2009:
Weekly Ketchup: Meet the Little Fockers
This week's movies are a surprising batch of mostly original concepts (no remakes and just one sequel), and star-studded to boot, including new movies for Ben Stiller, Tom... More...
November 18, 2008:
More Fockers for Stiller? 
According to Roger Friedman at Fox News, the wheels are turning on another "Meet the Parents" sequel. More...
May 21, 2008:
More Austin Powers, Meet the Parents Sequels?
According to producer/director Jay Roach, we may yet see more sequels in the Austin Powers and Meet the Parents franchises. More...
February 26, 2007:
Yep, "Little Fockers"
Isn't it hilarious how "Fockers" sounds so much like a rrrrreally dirty word? So funny, in fact, that the gag is about to inspire its second film! Expect the whole... More...
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